[fredp]

Picture is worth a thousand words.... :nono2:

 

[davring]

The 24 hour limitations are bad enough, but that just over the top for me.

 

[paja]

The 24 hour limitations are bad enough, but that just over the top for me.

With that price, I'll never use it:eek2:

 

[RasputinAXP]

I can't even use it with my HDMI 1080p TV.

 

[davethestalker]

I still see no 1080p programming on 501, only standard HD Not that I would buy that anyway.

 

[EXTACAMO]

NFW :eek2:

 

[Paul Secic]

Picture is worth a thousand words.... :nono2:

That's a lot. I'll pass!

 

[ZBoomer]

OMFG, almost as ridiculous as most of the adult programming PPV; man you'd have to really want porn to pay $11.99 for one show, for 24 hours, lol.

 

[ebaltz]

are they aware that you can rent like 5-10 Blu-rays (TRUE 1080P) a month from BB or NF for like $10-12?

 

[phrelin]

They're relying on the true couch potato who can't even get up to order from the likes of Netflix.

 

[dishguy77]

no thanks I think I'll stick with NF. 9.99/mo, great shipping times, and a much wider selection.

1080p VoD= epic fail

 

[phrelin]

Well there's no free lunch any more. From Crave:

We knew it was coming, but Wednesday Netflix made it official--starting in November, those who rent Blu-ray movies will be charged an extra dollar, in addition to standard subscription fees.

Of course, that's still quite a bit cheaper than $6.99 a movie....

 

[dreadlk]

$6.99 they have got to be kidding !!
Until all these PPV Movies go down to under $4.00 they will never see my money.

If it's worth watching, see it in the theater, if not wait for Starz to show it.

 

[tsanders3]

I have a VIP612 and used to have the 1080p programing on 501. About a week ago it disappeared. I called Dish tonight and one tech guy told me it was IMPOSSIBLE to get 501 1080p on a ViP612. I told him that the Dish websiteclearly states a ViP612 will do 1080p pay per view. He said he asked everybody and it was not possible. I hung up and called again and the new tech person said Dish does not have any 1080p content available right now. I really wanted to try it and was waiting for Speed Racer or something other than what they had been offering.
Wish they would get the facts straight and let me know what is going on.

 

[ZBoomer]

I wish they'd stop messing around and just broadcast some 1080p movies on PPV, instead of wait for them to download for VOD.

FWIW, 1080p 24Hz (full frame every 1/24th of a second) uses less bandwidth than standard 1080i 60Hz (full frame every 1/30th of second).

Of course this would waste a channel somewhat, since only people with 1080p capability could view it.

 

[BattleZone]

Of course this would waste a channel somewhat, since only people with 1080/24p capability could view it.

Fixed.

And, since this is a tiny percentage of HDTV owners, it isn't likely to happen.

 

[ZBoomer]

True, but the receiver could test the TV, and let's say it could accept 1080p/60 but not 1080p/24; the receiver itself could do a 3:2 pulldown, and output 1080p/60.

 

[BattleZone]

True, but the receiver could test the TV, and let's say it could accept 1080p/60 but not 1080p/24; the receiver itself could do a 3:2 pulldown, and output 1080p/60.

These movies are encoded at 1080/24p, not 1080/60p. All of the data contained in a 1080/24p movie can be encoded into a 1080/60i encode, which is compatible with virtually ALL HDTVs. There would be virtually no difference between a 1080/60i and a 1080/60p encode, since the source is 1080/24p, so there's no reason to double the required bandwidth and hard drive space for virtually zero benefit, which is why it isn't done.

It would be different if the source was 60p video, but it isn't; it's 24 fps film.

 

[phrelin]

I have a VIP612 and used to have the 1080p programing on 501. About a week ago it disappeared. I called Dish tonight and one tech guy told me it was IMPOSSIBLE to get 501 1080p on a ViP612. I told him that the Dish websiteclearly states a ViP612 will do 1080p pay per view. He said he asked everybody and it was not possible. I hung up and called again and the new tech person said Dish does not have any 1080p content available right now. I really wanted to try it and was waiting for Speed Racer or something other than what they had been offering.
Wish they would get the facts straight and let me know what is going on.

Speed Racer shows up on my 612 and my 722. Of course, I don't have a 1080p compatible TV, so it would show up on my equipment.

 

[brant]

did all the PPV prices go up? HDPPV channels its $5.99 per movie. I thought it used to be $3.99?